Futbol*appreciation*thread

[Pricey]

You're wrong, Balotelli is fully italian, he was born in Palermo and grew up in Brescia.

well there you go. He could have played for Ghana though right?

[kukoc7]

well there you go. He could have played for Ghana though right?

He had a very sad history behind him.
His parents were immigrated form ghana, very poor, and abandoned him in the hospital just after he was born. At the age of 2 he was adopted by a family that lived in Brescia, where he grew up.
At the age of 18 he choosed italian nationality, but he has what we call "double nationality", so if he wanted he could play for Ghana, because at the moment he played only for the italian under 21 team (as far as I know once you go the first time in the "primary" national team you can't definitely change).

[KING~POETIQ]

I saw both matches today. Wasn't really too impressed with Argentina. They could of done way better than their 1-0 victory. They had good ball control though..


In the USA vs. England match (1-1), this happened:





I was rooting for England to win btw, so this goal made me sick


I'm really looking forward to seeing Spain play (on tuesday?) . To me, they're my favorites to win it all

[DaTPRiNCE]

yea bro i was sick to my stomach when i seen that fumbled ball go in haha. i expected england to win that game though cause they are the better side, hands down.

and the argentina game, on any other day you give messi those shots again and they are all goals loll, just wasnt there next game i expect them to tear it up. first game they get a pass next game no excuses loll.

and spain plays on wednesday , i expect them or argentina to take the cup. Messi on argentina just too good to pass up and he'll be awesome during this cup i know it. and spain have a couple of my favorite players, Fabragas and Torres, plus theres Messi which is why i dream of a spain vs argentina final( i think theyll meet in the semis though)

[milchshake]

football players are claiming that new ball called "Jubalani" is quite unpredictable, nevertheless goalkeeper has very sticky gloves....

Opener match was nice for me, the prettiest goal in this two days by home team.

PS. Did you know that Republic of South Africa has 5,7 mln HIV population
Does Maradona still taking drugs ? North Korea also participate in this challenge .... WOOaaaaaaawwww what a entertainment
and this little annoying Vuvuzelas....

[KING~POETIQ]

yea bro i was sick to my stomach when i seen that fumbled ball go in haha. i expected england to win that game though cause they are the better side, hands down.

and the argentina game, on any other day you give messi those shots again and they are all goals loll, just wasnt there next game i expect them to tear it up. first game they get a pass next game no excuses loll.

and spain plays on wednesday , i expect them or argentina to take the cup. Messi on argentina just too good to pass up and he'll be awesome during this cup i know it. and spain have a couple of my favorite players, Fabragas and Torres, plus theres Messi which is why i dream of a spain vs argentina final( i think theyll meet in the semis though)

I know, right? What was up with Messi missing all those shot??? smh .. watch him score like 5 goals next game to make up for all those missed opportunities

And I like Argentina too, but Spain just looks amazing overall. That's why I'm rooting for Spain.

[KING~POETIQ]

June 11 10 AM A South Africa-Mexico Johannesburg (Soccer City) ESPN

June 11 2:30 PM A Uruguay-France Cape Town ESPN

June 12 7:30 AM B South Korea-Greece Port Elizabeth ESPN

June 12 10 AM B Argentina-Nigeria Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 12 2:30 PM C England-USA Rustenburg ABC

June 13 7:30 AM C Algeria-Slovenia Polokwane ESPN

June 13 10 AM D Serbia-Ghana Pretoria ESPN

June 13 2:30 PM D Germany-Australia Durban ABC

June 14 7:30 AM E Netherlands-Denmark Johannesburg (Soccer City) ESPN

June 14 10 AM E Japan-Cameroon Bloemfontein ESPN

June 14 2:30 PM F Italy-Paraguay Cape Town ESPN

June 15 7:30 AM F New Zealand-Slovakia Rustenburg ESPN

June 15 10 AM G Ivory Coast-Portugal Port Elizabeth ESPN

June 15 2:30 PM G Brazil-North Korea Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 16 7:30 AM H Honduras-Chile Nelspruit ESPN

June 16 10 AM H Spain-Switzerland Durban ESPN

June 16 2:30 PM A South Africa-Uruguay Pretoria ESPN

June 17 7:30 AM B Argentina-South Korea Johannesburg (Soccer City) ESPN

June 17 10 AM B Greece-Nigeria Bloemfontein ESPN

June 17 2:30 PM A France-Mexico Polokwane ESPN2

June 18 7:30 AM D Germany-Serbia Port Elizabeth ESPN

June 18 10 AM C Slovenia-USA Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 18 2:30 PM C England-Algeria Cape Town ESPN2

June 19 7:30 AM E Netherlands-Japan Durban ESPN

June 19 10 AM D Ghana-Australia Rustenburg ESPN

June 19 2:30 PM E Cameroon-Denmark Pretoria ABC

June 20 7:30 AM F Slovakia-Paraguay Bloemfontein ESPN

June 20 10 AM F Italy-New Zealand Neslpruit ESPN

June 20 2:30 PM G Brazil-Ivory Coast Johannesburg (Soccer City) ABC

June 21 7:30 AM G Portugal-North Korea Cape Town ESPN

June 21 10 AM H Chile-Switzerland Port Elizabeth ESPN

June 21 2:30 PM H Spain-Honduras Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 22 10 AM A Mexico-Uruguay Rustenburg ESPN

June 22 10 AM A France-South Africa Bloemfontein ESPN2

June 22 2:30 PM B Nigeria-South Korea Durban ESPN2

June 22 2:30 PM B Greece-Argentina Polokwane ESPN

June 23 10 AM C Slovenia-England Port Elizabeth ESPN2

June 23 10 AM C USA-Algeria Pretoria ESPN

June 23 2:30 PM D Ghana-Germany Johannesburg (Soccer City) ESPN

June 23 2:30 PM D Australia-Serbia Nelspruit ESPN2

June 24 10 AM F Slovakia-Italy Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 24 10 AM F Paraguay-New Zealand Polokwane ESPN2

June 24 2:30 PM E Denmark-Japan Rustenburg ESPN

June 24 2:30 PM E Cameroon-Netherlands Cape Town ESPN2

June 25 10 AM G North Korea-Ivory Coast Nelspruit ESPN2

June 25 10 AM G Portugal-Brazil Durban ESPN

June 25 2:30 PM H Switzerland-Honduras Bloemfontein ESPN2

June 25 2:30 PM H Chile-Spain Pretoria ESPN


Round of 16


June 26 10 AM - 1A-2B Port Elizabeth ESPN2

June 26 2:30 PM - 1C-2D Rustenburg ABC

June 27 10 AM - 1D-2C Bloemfontein ESPN

June 27 2:30 PM - 1B-2A Johannesburg (Soccer City) ABC

June 28 10 AM - 1E-2F Durban ESPN

June 28 2:30 PM - 1G-2H Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ESPN

June 29 10 AM - 1F-2E Pretoria ESPN

June 29 2:30 PM - 1H-2G Cape Town ESPN


Quarterfinals


July 2 10 AM - 1E/2F-1G/2H Port Elizabeth ESPN

July 2 2:30 PM - 1A/2B-1C/2D Johannesburg (Soccer City) ESPN

July 3 10 AM - 1B/2A-1D/2C Cape Town ABC

July 3 2:30 PM - 1F/2E-1H/2G Johannesburg (Ellis Park) ABC


Semifinals


July 6 2:30 PM - 1A/2B/1C/2D-1E/2F/1G/2H Cape Town ESPN

July 7 2:30 PM - 1B/2A/1D/2C-1F/2E/1H/2G Durbin ESPN


Third Place


July 10 2:30 PM - Semifinal losers Port Elizabeth ABC


Final


July 11 2:30 PM - Semifinal winners Johannesburg (Soccer City) ABC

[DaTPRiNCE]

I know, right? What was up with Messi missing all those shot??? smh .. watch him score like 5 goals next game to make up for all those missed opportunities

And I like Argentina too, but Spain just looks amazing overall. That's why I'm rooting for Spain.

yea i was stunned he didnt score just wasnt his day i guess, on any other day those would be goals without a guess loll.

and yea spain is looking good but i gotta see how they preform cause Germany looked in a class of their own hahah

[KING~POETIQ]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal play tomorrow .. I hear every woman on this earth will tune in for that game expect the ratings to go thru the roof lol .

Brazil is playing too, so that's gonna be hot ..

[DaTPRiNCE]

i cant wait to watch spain on wednesday i wanna see their team and how they play cause they have a lot of weapons and i really like Villa hes going to have a big game with Torres out

[Pricey]

all i have to say is Robert Green can suck my balls.

we better beat Algeria on Saturday.

Also everyone in Australia are over the cup already lol.

[DaTPRiNCE]

all i have to say is Robert Green can suck my balls.

we better beat Algeria on Saturday.

Also everyone in Australia are over the cup already lol.

pricey im hoping you guys beat algeria as well. its killing me to see them in the WC considering they topped us to get there and considering were the far superior team to them. so please beat them haha

[Pricey]

Spain lose lol. Brilliant

[rady]

It's amazing how the USA was ripped off today by the ref. Props for their second comeback.

[Pricey]

what a disgraceful performance by England this morning. So pissed off. We better beat Slovenia. Get Heskey off FFS and get Crouch on and play Joe Cole on the left and send Lampard to the bench. Cant have him and Gerrard on together and Frank blows at International level.